Could someone please tell me what this is?

Fishyfingers · Jul 25, 2016

najer said:
Coral beauty could have been after the nudis.
Got any pics?
Not sure what lights you have and if they ramp up and down or not, the nudis take on the colour of the zoas they are on, easier to spot under early morning blue lights.
England here so not sure what you can get for a dip, Coral RX is popular over here, I use Dettol.

I hope he was after the nudis. I haven't got pics but can try to take some later. The lights don't ramp up and down.
I'm in England too and got this from my LFS earlier so hoping it does the trick?! Dettol? Really? As in the antibacterial cleaner?

Fishyfingers · Jul 25, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
Yes. Absolutely.

Those things love zoas. They don't always take on the color though. Often you'll find they stay a brown/tan colour.

I only noticed it because it was on the glass. I'm a terrible fish mum

Lionfish Lair · Jul 25, 2016

Fishyfingers said:
I only noticed it because it was on the glass. I'm a terrible fish mum

That's actually how they are usually found.

Fishyfingers · Jul 25, 2016

domination2580 said:
Every coral should be dipped. I personaly dont with anemones but its hard for a pest to transport on them since they are fleshy. Also coral dip will not kill the eggs. You need to ma ually remove them. Or for many reasons y we have qt is to watch them. You initially kill the nudis but they lay eggs, so you leave them in qt and the instant you see more nudis you can kill them with flatwormexit

Ok thanks for the advice. I'll get dipping and watching!

najer · Jul 25, 2016

Fishyfingers said:
I hope he was after the nudis. I haven't got pics but can try to take some later. The lights don't ramp up and down.
I'm in England too and got this from my LFS earlier so hoping it does the trick?! Dettol? Really? As in the antibacterial cleaner?

Yes dettol dettol, only the amber coloured stuff, no idea about the one you showed, sounds like it should do it.
As above, it won't kill the eggs so you need to brush them off with a fine brush and also dip once a week to remove any newly hatched nudis for 3 or 4 weeks to break the egg cycle.
I use 1 ml dettol in a litre of tank water in a bowl, most people will say 1/2 ml, keep the dip swirling and if you have a large pipette or turkey baster "blow" water into and around the zoas.
5 minutes should do it.
Hope that helps.

Fishyfingers · Jul 25, 2016

najer said:
Yes dettol dettol, only the amber coloured stuff, no idea about the one you showed, sounds like it should do it.
As above, it won't kill the eggs so you need to brush them off with a fine brush and also dip once a week to remove any newly hatched nudis for 3 or 4 weeks to break the egg cycle.
I use 1 ml dettol in a litre of tank water in a bowl, most people will say 1/2 ml, keep the dip swirling and if you have a large pipette or turkey baster "blow" water into and around the zoas.
5 minutes should do it.
Hope that helps.

Awesome thanks very much! Where about a in the UK are you? I'm in Brighton if you know of any good fish shops that you could suggest down this way?